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### Description of the Construct Generic Feature Dialog Box

Construct Generic Feature dialog box

Use this dialog box to create new features. To open this dialog box, select Insert | Feature | Generic.

The topics below describe the options that are available on this dialog box.

Limited CAD Selection

With the Construct Generic Feature dialog box open, you do have some very limited wireframe CAD selection capabilities. This is limited to selecting points and lines. For more advanced CAD selection requirements, you would need to use PC-DMIS's Auto Feature or Constructed Feature capability.

- If you select a point, PC-DMIS fills in both the nominal and measured values into the dialog box for that feature.

- If you select a line, then the IJK information is inserted for both nominal values and measured values.

PC-DMIS ignores any other type of wireframe entity that you select.

For example, in this top-down image of a circle feature seen below, you will notice a white cross and line in the center of the circle. The cross and line are CAD elements of a point and line, respectively, that are created within the CAD system and imported as part of the CAD file into PC-DMIS. You would select either the line or the cross (not the actual circle feature) to have its data input into the dialog box.

Sample wireframe point and line element at the center of a Circle feature

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Feature Type

Data Type

XYZ Boxes

IJK Boxes

Alignment Dependent Generic Feature

Alignment Independent Generic Feature

Polar/Rect

Feature Name

Radius and Diameter

Angle

Distance